Telegram-herald., 1887-07-28
MURDER AND suicide
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a go-as L4ay sno sstdsnly appeared O.
.as porch "a lhe I'll house ao- a West
Pafk-sE sac stood ss Il teEr0fizsd. sith
her hs1is Faissd - II % ward o1 sonas i'm
psasllg daagsr. sazLag thEoagh ne op<n
doar of ths fr0as room OF TIE house, aRd
ssTeF4i persons rho were n ALI arooat
the Para fashea toward tAs building.
Among them Vas Dr. ). GEaye~ no vas
oomlag 60Na Falsoo- 81 VIXEN be heard ihs
scresms. supposnk tnzs some o1e had
Ds-o seLzs1 with sPoPie1y or
somsthius of t1s klai. be ran
w.ta tls rest aud IS be approached tns
kDl.s szE through tas door al4a ssIstea-
e1 gPcu ne aoer apparently ll.s.ess When
1e lezeled t-s claJ 2it-4at .coAils
fastler % esgaa o. unlcess tns clothes,
sasa tie yo0Ge i4ty o-ss=d ~ Alhl 80
seaI fJr loCfor tt 1e1 hs Informed 1sE
t1st le s4s pas sd. al sic c.leG
~for osds -zze isg laal brute alone ana
tend o. ~ l-u-1sF
tlea t1e doetor lotleed a vousau .glss
on tie edge ot osd TEsca 5000
10 coTnef ~ The f00u.. -
took hlt monlent % determine
sbat she vas dszI aaa he again toIned his
attention - TIE nan. Who had ceaset -c
breathe 5gt t1e hesrt pusste1 foI s=ferAl
minutes. A hassy examination " t4s poI-
lea 1y Doctors Graves sEt DisoroN showed
tha- both aad been snot thro.gA he head
Tie woman was Mr. Susan BoniCey. who
occupied fle house aad zeql oosIters ant
the luan was Chas. j. NeInzn. one OF hsI
ooagters
AtiAe tine Of TIE tragedy Mrs.. Bonscey's
daughter. Mss i.fia Chute VAS sszieo 4.
the PIANO ia az adjoining room. She heard
a pistol shot 4 the front room snd mo
nleng iater another. She SAYS.
"A zleS that Ar Wernal ard neither
were iu the trent room. and had heard ihem
aEIag rather loudly. When heard the
shots Jumped ont OF my sea- bul / cid
rot know what 20 DO. ! Wa alone IN the
I house with the hired girl. sat still for a
moment. for I was 100 frgh tened 10 move.
7 and then I knew / must DO something
+ Why did not 20 directly INTO tne room
don & know, out Fsn oul on TIE porch ana
I when ! saw what had happened 1 don't
I know what / did"
4 Jay r. Chute. aged %. son Of the mur-
+ dered woman. was not al home a. the time
/ tie gave an explanation OF the terrible at
lar a. folio IS "Weruau was tifty-four years
/ Of age, and had lived with Us for a year, as
I a regular hoarder. re came here fTom Pat
+ ersOn New Jersey where he Las an Invalid
BOYS. He has frequently scONn us their
I pictures. No mother bad had no trouble
/ Nith Weruau uut ths trouble today cane
pp when Wsrnau was setting up his board
bill. Wen be rrst came her q year ago
be WAS in the liss insurance business and
worked tor the Metropolitan life Insurance
I Company Of New YORK Guy. he cane 10
or house . board when he first came 10
/ town, and because of bis b-isnt converse
F. - I'D Al all
( began 20 ike h.m. Last Winter he
uas sick sixteen weeks with rhsu-
| uallsm. anl mother DGrsed him
| night and diy u.l he 30, we'll lie lost bis
/ position while be was SICK. and Was out OF
! raoner and wGsk tor = lOas time. Lately
! he Las hecn ugiy and melancholy. and has
been drinking more or les ever since last
I Win.cr. Last Spring he a1d | started up a
carriage painting shop on East frid-e-s,.
/ We c.d not maze much money. aud
/ WesnaA begao 20 De dissipated lie
/ owes mO,h-r fifteen weeks board. and
on SATURDAY sac asked him Tor some
/ money ais ASKED him foI sore wages
due me- and &c ,Os. his temper. aui We bad
/ Il hot aua heavy lie u 4 mother ;hsc he
would settle wItl her today. This morning
Re showed Us q cheek ior 800. az the break
iast table aud said that his wife bad snt II
20 him he said that re would get il
I
| bill. a. soon as be could 20 10 the bans
Mother said cftsr breakfast that Mr. Werrau
had been drinking again for she smeled bi:
breath About o'clock be and mother
went into the front room 10 settle
up he account Mother knew that be
had sn swfal temper aud said she
extecte1 fruunie snu wanted lac 20 20 IN
ths room w.t. her. Wernsu %; nsG a
this and al was going TO iesve wn
AMI III do -. without paying his board
+ n she aad anyone come INTO the room
She therefore zcquissced and | went q 1su
town on an errand " hen | got back ny
sister met ME - tAe door aud fell upon my
/ neck / didn't snOw what to ne x Of Il
fii she tod ne that Weruau ha1 shot
mo'her and ti.en cOm;8itiel suicide
wnsn / thought ny heart would SOP.
{ can't reahzs that mother Il ed anC
/ don. csre 10 so IEt) tie room 10 io0k
et her, ! an afraii It would make m'
craEv. guess that WerDGg ant
mother were pT baby talking about tbs
board. whel he <. mad ard slof her Viz
; tie pst,i lie carried n bis POCKET. II.
sirsys csTries, pistol 10 his nip poc ket
ors day aeEsu him what be carried pls
tol f.r and be- said be Was tsking it d1wr
town to sell r.. Git not DeiieTe him. f1-
7 frequently saw if sic si1g 0gi ~ bis po.<-
- 1ueh.n'f 20 f4ve gone awav ffoi
bone f.r knew ths. Nerusu bad t1'
pistol And iha' ~ vas IN desperate way
So toio tne The other Icy thar hs was go.u
% give gp. fr iGrz vEs against bin. X
hss been rsrf sIisE ior tee itst fsw DAYS
an4 fas been erlokirg hard. too. Mothe
as SO io-s ol tronh.e n her lie. -hs Ia
hed t.lea 1Lshan3s Wy f2Irer Has 10
hr Nr a. ~ Powell wsssee .ercra II,
hvsi st Fsr sior1En fiis e7gnty sna o~nei
f1e mill taat nov te'0uEs 81 Ns'si1s .
Ferry. fn r bonn be SOLO ft lie wa5 kill
AZ fhs mill nne day o7 falEDE sad 5Teasln|
bis uetk / have a sister in i.ecs 'or4 ror
Nrs George Sfvru hr1uGh. aged -. wao
mlrtet and has ore child. w las; sep
fsta4r Anaz1 B1n.o@v. died four yssrs ss0
vaer ws cane here. Before ws lived s.
FerrsFsT sn3 A .aien. where my sister ~sn
10 -o eye He Hu h1rr be- here PROBABLY
fa0ugh uT ss. asr IS nT-iet Al Fsriin.
a. VITO we're fcl1aI1rsd vitb MTs Eon
. ioev ssr the. slr Hss Al sfim15'e f1rs
Tan vouan of very sua isbis disposition
Her CD drzo and friends are positive ths
nothing when led fo the roub can he si
. trb1rsd - t=r. They know of r1fnfn
fh.- con,d havs 'e1 70 2 tisp8te EXCEPT ~
bosri 5i0 bat 0tasrs wao were scs4la nte'
-ef,. Wsrrau thinS IA ihe rsai cause q
fhs ,rsgsdy was BIS infstustion for Ms
por 1-ar-he rautst t0 marry Der -~-
N5anfr viii every snos ilss whst too
7 piscs Q The rcom where Ms E5nf1ev A..
Wsrnsu we're talsinz. Mlss C1r'e tt.1s
f1at fast before the frat shaf va trea se
hsa-s Nsrasa ssv Wei & settle r1r
hus shs is not certsin shout .f From tn
pos flous q which the ro3 e- We t9un'
Rs is Presumed tat there ess nc .trlV- 2
hnt - Yrs For f,sr vas saof i1 Chez
m ~ tsY win3ow of fhe r0o7l. Enl.s = 3
fe ritn Nefnsn. $50 saf ln frurt rr1 q
tle rirht of her N1e1 slls vs. sict
- ierf fh1. sse clf her ghf hani on ~
~1uud an4 ssEzeref alreSs fee rccr-
~he-s sta fell sl slL eussb ca tce 1e-